Pacific/Fillmore Saturday Work, April 25th

Saturday work at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Fillmore Street.

Our contractor will be working at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Fillmore Street this Saturday, April 25th. The weekend is the only time MUNI can take buses off-line so that construction work can proceed. Other construction updates in the vicinity include:

1. Pacific/Webster & Fillmore : Temporary paving on Thursday & Friday and will continue through Monday.
2. Pacific/ Webster & Pierce : The contractor plans to finish removing abandoned rail between Webster and Fillmore this week and will do the same next week between Steiner and Pierce. The contractor has the option of closing off the street but residents can access their driveways at all times.
3. Webster/Lombard & Filbert : aving will begin next Monday. This is the final stretch of work between Lombard and Green.
4. Vallejo/Gough & Octavia : Sewer work, including saw-cutting, excavating trench, removing existing sewer and installing side sewer, begins this Friday and will continue for a week.

Wesbter/Lombard Night Work Monday April 20th

Lombard and Webster streets intersection.

Because of CalTrans requirements, the City's Water Department will have to install service connections to buildings at Webster and Lombard streets at night on Monday April 20, 2009, from 11 pm to 5 am. Please observe parking restrictions in the area. For questions during the night work, call Ben Leung at 415-509-7647. Here are the other construction updates in the vicinity:

1. Scott/Pacific & Jackson : Trenching work complete and this work will move to Jackson/Washington next week.
2. Pacific/Fillmore & Steiner : Removing abandoned railway track will continue next week.
3. Pacific/Webster & Steiner : Contractor will install a 24-inch water transmission line early next week.
4. Webster/Broadway & Pacific : Service connections to the buildings continue.
5. Webster/Lombard to Green : Pavement restoration continues.

Scott/Pacific & Jackson plus other locations

Service connections will continue at the Webster/Filbert area next week.

This is the latest update on the water and sewer constructions in the Pacific Heights areas:

1. Scott/Pacific & Jackson : Sewer construction starts Friday, April 10th. Contractor will be digging a trench and laying sewer pipe all week. This work will extend to Washington street the following week.
2. Pacific/Webster & Steiner : On-going water main construction. Abandoned railway will be removed and trenching will take place.
3. Webster/Lombard & Green : Water line service connections to buildings and chlorinating the lines will continue, while repaving work will begin April 20th.
4. Webster/Broadway & Pacific : Water line service connections to buildings will continue.
5. Broadway/Laguna & Octavia : On-going sewer replacement.

Night work at Webster and Filbert streets

Preparing for night work at the intersection of Webster and Filbert streets

The Water Department will make service connections to the area residents at Webster and Filbert streets Thursday night, April 9th so that a laundry business at this corner will not be interrupted during the day. On Friday, April 10th, our contractor will put new asphalt at the intersection of Webster and Union streets, to smooth the way for the Easter Parade this coming Sunday.

Saturday Work on Pacific; Street Updates

To finish the sewer installation, the contractor will be working Saturday, April 4 on Pacific between Fillmore and Steiner. Saturday is the only time, MUNI will take the electrical buses out of operation.
In other areas of Pacific Heights, work will continue at current locations:

1. Webster/Green & Lombard : Water Department crew continues to make final connections to the residential buildings and chlorinate the line through the end of the week.
2. Octavia/Vallejo & Gough : The contractor is installing a 24-inch water transmission line through mid-week.
3. Broadway/Laguna & Octavia : Sewer work will take place throughout the week.
4. Pacific/Webster & Steiner : End of the week, the crew will remove a rail in Pacific Avenue and then excavate the trench for the 24" water line. This work will continue through 4/22.
5. Scott/ Pacific & Jackson : New sewer installation will progress to this point.

Response to Neighbor

We hear you, and regret the inconvenience and exasperation you outlined in the comment posted. While there is no excuse for anyone yelling at a member of the public, I believe the workers on Greenwich and Filbert are nearly as exasperated as the neighbors. They want to complete that segment of the job and move on. Just the same, we apologize for this unkind behavior.

City departments and PG&E are always trying to coordinate but many times there are immediate unplanned repairs that have to be done in congruence with planned repair and replacement work. With this water/sewer/paving project, Public Works, Parking & Traffic and SFPUC is trying to coordinate this work in sequence so we won't have to come back to your neighborhood any time soon. Complicating matters in many cases, is the fact that many of these water mains and sewer pipes are 50 to 100 years old. This often means more work than expected when we open up the street. Nonetheless, you bring up some very good points that we want to make our contracting crews follow. We will review with all parties at Thursday's weekly progress meeting. I trust this work will become less tedious for you and your neighbors in the weeks ahead.

Would it help if we held a bi-weekly coffee for 30 minutes or so at a nearby coffee shop to update whomever is interested? Let us know.